(n.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
(n.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
(n.) See Muscardin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Roadfood's Jane and Michael Stern do all the legwork on the best places in the country to eat, and in October 2012 I even called in with my own question about Muscadine grapes I found on my travels.
Muscardine
Definition:
(n.) A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself.
Example Sentences:
(1) Five commercial preparations of natural pesticides were tested for in vitro compatibility with muscardine fungi, Beauveria brongniartii and Metarhizium anisopliae.